The news late Friday that two of the great companies of our era decided to settle ongoing patent litigation over smart phones is welcome news for consumers and the technology industry. CCIA would rather see companies like this compete on innovation - not in the courtroom. Patent lawsuits too often [ More ... ]Read More

Ottawa - The Canadian Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal from the Society of Composers, Publishers and Music Authors. This means online music stores and others targeted in the lawsuit will not have to pay royalties for providing previews to online users.
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The following statement can be attributed to Computer & Communications Industry Association President & CEO Ed Black:
"We are deeply saddened by the news of the death of Steve Jobs. His entrepreneurial leadership transformed Apple from an afterthought into arguably the most successful [ More ... ]Read More

Yesterday we mentioned a little-noticed story from last week - overshadowed by the State of the Union, the iPad launch, and here in DC, the State of the Net- in which Google was exonerated by a jury in Marshall, Texas from allegations of patent infringement.
Worthy of further note is that at [ More ... ]Read More

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